Rail-joint



(No'ModeL) W. H. CONNELL.

RAIL JOINT.

N0. 439,117.1 Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. OONNELL, OF WILMINGTON, DELAXVARE.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,117, dated October 28, 1890. Application filed February Z1, 1890. Serial No. 341,289. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. CONNELL, of Wilmington, county of -New Castle, State of Delaware, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Rail-Joint, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railjoints, and particularly to devices for supporting the joint and securing the stiffness and strength of the track at such points.

It consistsof a novel joint, which, together with an appliance used in its construction, form the subj cot-matter of this application.

The nature of my invention will best be understood as described in connection with the drawings, in which it is illustrated, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved joint; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig. 3, a perspective View of my preferred tie-supporting device. Fig. 4 is side elevation showing modified tie-supporting devices; Fig. 5, an end elevation or end View thereof, and Figs. 6 and 7 are end elevations of the modified supporting devices.

A A are rails forming a joint at a.

B B are sleepers; C O, fish-plates of any ordinary kind; D, bolts securing the fish-plates to the rails.

E is my new tiesupporting device. Its necessary requirements are that it should have flanges e and spike-holes 6 by means of which it can be secured firmly to the sleeper B, upon which it rests, and an inclined face 2 the obliquity of which should be such as to bring it substantially at right angles to the end of the tie-rod, and it must also have a cavity or perforation formed through it to permit the passage of the tie-rod. Preferably I form this support by striking it up from a plate of iron, as shown at e in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and forming in its inclined face 6 a perforation e, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The two tie-supporting projections, situated on each side of the rail, are struck up from a plate which passes beneath the rail, but they may be independent, if desired. At the right of stantially a right Figs. 4 and 5, and in Fig. 6, my support is formed of two angle-irons e a riveted to a plate e which plate passes beneath the rail, as shown, but may be made so as to simply lie alongside of it. The ends of the angleirons are beveled off to form the inclined face 6 and the tie can pass between the angleirons. At the left of Figs. 4 and 5 and in Fig. 7 my tie-support is shown as formedby bending a piece of iron into a flanged U form, the face of the U- being beveled ,at e and the tie passing through the U section. WVhen so constructed, it may be spiked directly to the rail instead of being fastened to a plate 6.

H H are spikes securing the tie-supports to the sleeper. 65

F F are tie-rods formed, as shown, so that their ends will pass through the supports E and extend beyond the faces e thereof at subangle to said faces.

f are nuts screwing on the threaded ends of tie-rods F and resting against the faces 6 of'the supports E.

G is a strut, preferably formed of a short section of rail, and which is placed upon the tie-rods F F, so as to come directly against and under the joint (1.

As will be seen by screwing up the nuts f, the tie-rods will draw the strut up against the rails, and the whole structure forms a strong and efficient truss to support the joint. In other applications which I am about to file I have shown somewhat similar constructions; but in them the tierods are supported at each end by a bar or beam acting as a compression-chord, and which extends across the strut.

In my present construction metal is saved by supporting the tie-rods upon the independent supports E, which must of course be very securely attached to the sleepers to prevent their, being drawn in by the action of the tierods.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a tiesupport E, having an inclined face 6, a cavity formed through it for the passage of a tie-rod, and flanges 6, extending out from its said supports E, all substantially as and for base, whereby it can be spikedtoa sleeper. the purpose specified.

2. A rail-joint having, in combination, tiesupports E, secured in pairs upon sleepers at OONNELL' 5 each side of the joint, a strut G placed be= Vitnesses:

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the strut on each side of the mils and through E. '0. SMITH. 

